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New concepts and guidance for assessing the commutability of reference materials for the use as calibrators in clinical measurements were developed by...

Food production and water provision are are two urgent socio-economic and environmental issues in the Mediterranean region. Because these aspects are...

New report summarises the outcome of a workshop organised by the Joint Research Centre's EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing...

The European Solar Test Installation (ESTI) has been successfully audited for accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025, a quality management system for test and...

JRC scientists find in a recently published paper that significant changes in north-western Mediterranean productivity are likely due to climate...

A recent paper illustrates how the effects of climate change threaten biodiversity, local economies, and social and cultural systems in the Arctic...

The JRC's EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) has launched a study to review alternative methods and models being...

According to the April issue of the JRC MARS Crop monitoring in Europe Bulletin (Vol. 26 No 4), which was published today, in many parts of Europe...

The Short-term outlook for EU agricultural markets in 2018 and 2019, which presents the outlook for 2018-2019 for arable crops and meat and dairy...

Ecosystems deliver essential goods such as food, energy, raw materials, air and water. They also regulate our climate and provide habitats for...

JRC scientists developed a rapid analytical method for the identification and quantification of more than 100 liquid smoke components. The work is...

The JRC has released ERM‑CA403 - a new Certified Reference Material (CRM) based on seawater that was certified for the mass concentrations of eight...

The JRC released a new set of certified reference materials (CRMs) for genetically modified maize. These GMO CRMs will enable control laboratories to...

The world's first comprehensive evidence-based assessment of land degradation and restoration highlights some sobering facts regarding how worsening...

The latest edition of the monthly Anomaly Hotspots of Agricultural Production (ASAP) Global Overview, which reports on agricultural production of...

The JRC has developed and released ERM-BD512,a new reference material based on dark chocolate and certified for four trace elements: cadmium, copper...

2018 is the European Year of Cultural Heritage. To mark the occasion, the Joint Research Centre, together with Universita’ La Sapienza in Rome and the...

The JRC released ERM®-CC537a, a new freshwater sediment Certified Reference Material (CRM) for the analysis of flame retardants (polybrominated...

The JRC has recently published a Science-for-Policy report that quantitatively assesses biomass production, supply, uses and flows in the European...